About This Item


  • TitleThe practical nurse
  • Call NumberHOSP_0749
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo views of a practical nurse assisting a patient at Wyckoff Heights Hospital. 0748 shows the patient sitting in a wheelchair. 0749 shows the nurse serving the patient a meal in bed.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on versos: Jun[e] 8, 1948. Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from captions on versos.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospital beds -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Practical nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wheelchairs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.